Quotes from Michel Onfray

Je ne suis ni optimiste, ni pessimiste. Je suis un tragique qui voit le réel tel qu'il est.

l'enfer vécu et habité rend légitime et désirable un monde où l'on tâcherait d'éviter le retour de ce qui, de près ou de loin, peut lui ressembler.

Depuis des années, le grand formateur des consciences n'est plus l'école, elle aussi vendue au marché et aux idéologues, mais l'écran – la télévision, le net, le tweet.

Os homens não podem dispor de uma capacidade para o prazer para que ela seja depreciada, proibida e reprimida.

What can a philosopher show for himself? His life. If someone writes a book, but it is not accompanied by a philosophical life, it is not worth our time. Wisdom is measured in details: it is found in what one says and doesn't say, what one does and doesn't do, what one thinks and doesn't think.

Every theocracy is a denial of democracy. Even better: the smallest hint of theocracy neutralizes the very essence of democracy.